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Full name | Lucas Michel Mendes | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 3 July 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Curitiba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Wakrah | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2012 | Coritiba | 139 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Marseille | 48 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | El Jaish | 63 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Al-Duhail | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Al-Gharafa | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Al-Wakrah | 84 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2023– | Qatar | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 February 2024 |
Lucas Michel Mendes (born 3 July 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back but can also play as left-back for Qatari club Al-Wakrah. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Qatar national team.
On 15 August 2014, after playing 2 years with Olympique de Marseille, he signed for Qatari club El Jaish.[2]
On 9 November 2023, Mendes received his first call-up to the Qatar national football team after being naturalized as a Qatari citizen, having been living in Qatar for nine years. He was part of the Qatari squad which won the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
Coritiba
Al-Duhail
Qatar
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